Re: [PATCH v6 3/4] scatterlist: add sgl_compare_sgl() function
From: David Disseldorp <hidden>
Date: 2021-01-18 23:28:55
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On Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:30:05 -0500, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
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After enabling copies between scatter gather lists (sgl_s), another storage related operation is to compare two sgl_s. This new function is modelled on NVMe's Compare command and the SCSI VERIFY(BYTCHK=1) command. Like memcmp() this function returns false on the first miscompare and stops comparing. A helper function called sgl_compare_sgl_idx() is added. It takes an additional parameter (miscompare_idx) which is a pointer. If that pointer is non-NULL and a miscompare is detected (i.e. the function returns false) then the byte index of the first miscompare is written to *miscomapre_idx. Knowing the location of the first miscompare is needed to implement the SCSI COMPARE AND WRITE command properly. Reviewed-by: Bodo Stroesser <bostroesser@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> --- include/linux/scatterlist.h | 8 +++ lib/scatterlist.c | 109 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 117 insertions(+)diff --git a/include/linux/scatterlist.h b/include/linux/scatterlist.h index 3f836a3246aa..71be65f9ebb5 100644 --- a/include/linux/scatterlist.h +++ b/include/linux/scatterlist.h@@ -325,6 +325,14 @@ size_t sgl_copy_sgl(struct scatterlist *d_sgl, unsigned int d_nents, off_t d_ski struct scatterlist *s_sgl, unsigned int s_nents, off_t s_skip, size_t n_bytes); +bool sgl_compare_sgl(struct scatterlist *x_sgl, unsigned int x_nents, off_t x_skip, + struct scatterlist *y_sgl, unsigned int y_nents, off_t y_skip, + size_t n_bytes); + +bool sgl_compare_sgl_idx(struct scatterlist *x_sgl, unsigned int x_nents, off_t x_skip, + struct scatterlist *y_sgl, unsigned int y_nents, off_t y_skip, + size_t n_bytes, size_t *miscompare_idx);
This patch looks good and works fine as a replacement for compare_and_write_do_cmp(). One minor suggestion would be to name it sgl_equal() or similar, to perhaps better reflect the bool return and avoid memcmp() confusion. Either way: Reviewed-by: David Disseldorp <redacted> Cheers, David